cake and chores and Tinkerbell

My brother Mark got a yummy cake for Bill's birthday on the 15th. (No, no no ... he isn't 86!!) Then it was off to Charlotte, which was a little off plan ... but Dan had received some exciting news while we were in Florida: being offered his own office ... a HUGE, wonderful blessing! So we just had to run by Charlotte and see the office, the girls, Dan, Jenny and Katie!

Jenny keeps these girls busy, busy. They paint, play dress-up, read, do puzzles, play outside and do chores. Two and three-year-olds can certainly help around the house! It's just part of daily life and Ari goes with the flow.

This is one of my favorites of the trip. Bill was reading "Pilgrim at Tinker Creek." Ari asked him what it was, then got very excited because she's crazy about Tinkerbell. She thought it must be a book about Tinkerbell, crawled up in Bill's lap and asked him to read. Oh my goodness. Our trip was winding down. Two weeks on the road!